Diwali was full of parties, back-to-back.
But it was also about poojas, prayers and Bhai Dooj.
Bollywood posted love-up pictures of their brothers celebrating the festival, and we take a look.
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Shraddha Kapoor celebrates her cousin Priyank Sharma (Padmini Kolhapure’s son), her brother Siddhant Kapoor and her cousin Vedika Saraswat (Tejaswini Kolhapure’s daughter).
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Riddhima Kapoor posts a picture of her brother Ranbir and mum Neetu Singh.
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Prateik Babbar and sister Juhi perform the rituals.
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Sharad Kelkar touches the feet of his elder sister Anjali Thakur, who lives in Bhopal.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Tanishha Mukerji/Instagram
Tanishaa Mukerjee celebrates Bhai Phota with cousin Sujoy Mukerji.
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Tanishaa’s cousins Sharbani Mukherjee and Rani Mukerji.
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Say hello to the Mukherjees.
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Esha Gupta with her brothers, Rishab, Ribhav and Ritvik.
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Madhuri Dixit with her brother Ajit.
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Urvashi Rautela with her younger brother, Yashraj.
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Athiya Shetty posts a throwback picture of her brother Ahan.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Richa Chadha/Instagram
Richa Chadha posts a throwback picture with her brother, Pranav.
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Shreya Ghoshal posts a childhood picture of her younger brother Soumyadeep and writes, ‘Happy Bhai Dooj / Bhai Phota to all brothers and sisters.. Blessings and love to my chhota bhai Soumyadeep. My partner in all our adventures together through all hardships and good times since the time you were born.’
Photograph: Kind courtesy Karanvir Bohra/Instagram
Karanvir Bohra with his sister Meenakshi.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Neha Kakkar/Instagram
The Kakkars — Neha, Sonu and Tony.
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Manisha Koirala celebrates Bhai Tikka with her brothers in Kathmandu.
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Namrata Shirodkar posts a picture of her children, Gautham and Sitara and writes, ‘Bhau Beez this yearly tradition when Sitara is looking to make some money to buy extra robux for a strange game these kids play these days and parallelly hoping that her brother will always stand strong behind her like a rock on the other hand her brother is hoping this little celebration gets over quickly so he can change back into his pyjamas I love my kids.’
